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The Sidney Red Raider Wrestling teams had a busy past week as they competed in Bridgeport on Thursday January 16, 2025, then traveled to Chase County for a Duals competition on January 17, and finally the Chase County Invitational on January 18. Both the boys and the girls squads wrestled well and had success in all of these competitions. On January 16, the busy stretch started with a Dual competition in Bridgeport. The boys team was able to win by a score of 40-to-36. Individual wins by Pin...
After jumping out to 8-and-0 start, Sidney dropped four out of the past five games to drop to 9-and-4 on the season until they were able to snap a three-game skid with a big win over North Platte on January 18. The boys had lost to Sterling, McCook, and Ogallala before they were able to get back on the winning track against North Platte. The Lady Raiders made it six in a row by defeating North Platte, and have not lost since the overtime defeat by Cheyenne East in December. On Friday, January 17...
The Peetz Bulldog Boys Basketball team continued their strong showing this season with two big home wins, the first on January 15 and the second on January 17. On January 15, the Bulldogs hosted the Arickaree Bison, and the teams had a tough battle in a low-scoring first quarter that had Arickaree earning a one point advantage at the end of the period, 12-to-11. But Arickaree got their offense in gear in the second quarter, and outscored the Bulldogs 21-to-16 to take a 33-to-27 lead at the...
COZAD--On January 10, 2025, two of the qualifiers from the local Elks Hoop Shoot free-throw competition got to compete at the District Qualifier at Cozad. Brooks Behrends won in the 8-9 year old division and Kasen Miller won in the 10-11 year old division to qualify for the State competition on February 22, 2025 at York High School in York, Nebraska. If the boys win in York, they will qualify for the Regional Competition, and be just one step away from the National Elks Hoop Shoot Finals in...
What came as both a shocking and devastating diagnosis at the end of November 2024 has turned into community support and outreach for a local family suffering with pediatric cancer. Young Beckett Block, a two year old from the quiet village of Lodgepole, and his family's lives were forever changed after a bout of what they thought was “just a virus.” A trip by helicopter to Children’s Hospital in Denver would reveal Beckett’s true condition, high risk (stage 4) neuroblastoma with another...
DALTON--It was a time of celebration and some tears as Leyton senior Zaili Benish signed a letter of commitment to attend Doane University and to play for the Lady Tigers Basketball team. Benish is a multi-sport standout, excellent in volleyball, basketball, and Track & Field. However, she is going to focus athletically on basketball at Doane, which seems appropriate as she hit nine three-point shots in the previous night's win over Paxton. A big turnout was on hand for the signing, with Benish...
SIDNEY--2024 didn't have the best ending for Sidney's Lady Raider Basketball team as the girls dropped a hard-fought game against Cheyenne East in overtime on December 21. But a new year brought some much-needed confidence, and the girls have run through their initial 2025 schedule with four straight wins. The girls started the new year on January 3, when they traveled to take on the Lady Bulldogs of Alliance. This contest wasn't even close as the Lady Raider turned an early 19-to-0 run into a...
DALTON--The Leyton Warrior Boys Basketball team is struggling for wins, despite the talent they have on the court. The team will look dominating one moment, and then can’t get out of its own way the next. With great athletes like Alec Watchorn and a genuine big-man in the center with Kaleb Miller, it’s surprising that this team only has two wins. However, this is a team that looks like it can “click” at any moment and go on a significant winning streak. Don’t rule out the Warriors just yet-...
DALTON--Leyton’s Lady Warrior Basketball team had a strong opening to the season, with competitors offering little resistance to the Lady Warrior machine that plays fast, scores in every way possible, and plays shut-down defense. Head Coach Jed Benish was a little concerned going into the January 9 match-up against Paxton, as the Lady Warriors had a significant layoff over the holidays, and lack of players make it difficult for the girls to scrimmage against each other. Although the Lady T...
POTTER--The Potter-Dix Coyote Boy’s Basketball team is another team in the panhandle that should have a better record this far in the season. Loaded with talent like junior Landon Gasseling and junior Dylan Tabor, this is another team that just needs to get settled and play together better. They have the athletes and the coaching is there, it just seems that a combination of bad luck, bad timing on their schedule, and a few losses that could and should have been wins, have kept the Coyotes f...
POTTER--The Lady Coyotes have struggled so far this year with only two wins, and they came against bottom-ranked teams Creek Valley and Banner County. With losses to Bayard and South Platte to start the year, the upcoming schedule had the Lady Coyotes traveling to Kimball on Tuesday in the hopes of grabbing a win against the 1-and-9 Kimball Lady Longhorns. If not, the girls will have to wait January 18 for a win when they take on the 5-and-5 Hay Springs Lady Hawks. They do have a game before...
CHAPPELL--Creek Valley's Storm Basketball team split their first two games of the new year's schedule, and they sit at 5-and-4 at this point of the season. The Storm hosted Minatare on Tuesday, January 7, and were able to build a lead and cruise to a 63-to-31 win. Junior Lane Brenneman led the scoring for Creek Valley with 16 points and junior Mason Timm also was in double-digits with 13 points. On Friday, January 10, the Storm made the trip to Cody to match up against the Cody-Kilgore Cowboys,...
CHAPPELL-- The young Creek Valley Storm Girl's Basketball team is light on numbers and experience, and they have struggled this season as they learn to play together and get down some basic fundamentals to make them competitive. However, they opened the new year with a positive note as they took down Minatare at home on January 7, 2025, for their first win of the season. It was a battle of winless teams, but in this contest, Creek Valley was easily the superior team. Creek Valley had two...
MERINO, CO. -- Call it rust from the holiday layoff or perhaps overlooking a one-win team, but the Peetz Bulldogs just did not have it Saturday, January 11, as they traveled to Merino to take on the Rams. The Bulldogs could not get anything established on offense while the Rams had their highest score of the season, with 45 points. With a team’s high score being only 45 points for the entire season, this was obviously a game the Bulldogs should have had in the bag. Hopefully the 45-to-28 result...
Sidney's Red Raider Boys Basketball team has had a very hot start to the 2024-25 season, reeling off 8 wins in a row with no losses, and the the team looking like a precision machine, with stifling defense and sharpshooting offense that overwhelms opponents. However, the Sidney boys suffered a set back on Friday night as they traveled to take on the 6-and-3 Alliance Bulldogs. The contest started well for Sidney, with the Raiders running out to a big 19-to-4 lead in the early going, and kept up t...
Sidney Sun-Telegraph The Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) announced the student recipients of the Fall 2024 Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association (NCPA) Academic All-State Awards. Since 2006 this NSAA Awards Program has recognized students who meet the criteria for nomination by their school in the season of their activity. Each year the NSAA and the NCPA recognize students during Fall, Winter, and Spring Seasons who are nominated by their schools. These student athletes are...
MIKE MOTZ Sidney Sun-Telegraph SIDNEY--Lately, it seems that Sidney has become a magnet for returning former graduates from Sidney High School coming back to coach for their alma mater. In the Fall, we had Jachob Wiedeburg and Collin Brauer come back to help with the coaching of the Cross Country team, and now the Volleyball Head Coach position has been filled by another for Red Raider, Ryan Birner. Birner graduated from Sidney High School in 2016. He graduated from University of Nebraska in...
MIKE MOTZ Sidney Sun-Telegraph The Red Raider boys and girls basketball teams are fully in swing in this new season, and on Friday, December 13, 2024, the Lady Raiders had a case of the Friday the 13th yips, as their offense struggled and they had difficulty at the free throw line. The Lady Raiders had a rough first half against the Chase County Lady Longhorns, with their offense misfiring and the Chase County girls able to get clean looks at the basket, converting for points. The Lady Raiders'...
MIKE MOTZ Sidney Sun-Telegraph Leyton's Lady Warrior Basketball team is already firing on all cylinders, jumping out to a 4-and-0 record, and only having one challenging contest agains the South Platte Lady Blue Knights on Friday, December 13, 2024. After opening against Kimball and breezing past the Lady Longhorns 67-to-12, the Lady Warriors next cruised through the Morrill Lady Lions 58-to-25. The Peetz Lady Bulldogs offered no resistance to the Lady Warriors on December 12, falling 66-to-6,...
MIKE MOTZ Sidney Sun-Telegraph Potter-Dix’s Coyote Basketball teams have had a rough start to the 2024-25 season, with the Lady Coyotes grabbing a win against a very young and inexperienced Creek Valley team, 41-to-14, but falling in their other two contests; a 56-to-28 loss to Morrill and a 66-to-30 loss to Paxton. Sophomore Madison Frerichs has been their leading scorer to open the season, with senior Chrystal Dhooge returning and providing solid experience, and junior Micayla McConnell and fr...
MIKE MOTZ Sidney Sun-Telegraph CHEYENNE--Sidney's Girls and Boys wrestlers took the trip out to Cheyenne on Saturday, December 13, 2024, to compete a the annual Charlie Lake Wrestling Tournament. For the Girls, Jayden Lee took First Place at 120 lbs., winning the Championship match against Allison Huerta of Scottsbluff by Fall at 32 seconds. Leeann Mulleavey took second place, losing the Championship match to Cheyenne Easts's Joci Davis by Fall at 2:22. Saphira Whitley earned 4th Place, losing h...
MIKE MOTZ Sidney Sun-Telegraph CHAPPELL--With a few down seasons for both Storm teams in the past, this year’s teams are looking to turn around their fortunes and be competitive again in District D2. So far, the Storm team is making a good showing while the Lady Storm team, low on players and experience, is struggling in the early-going. For the boys, they started their season with a big win over Wauneta-Palisades 57-to-43. The Dundy County - Stratton team came into Chappell on December 7 and h...
MIKE MOTZ Sidney Sun-Telegraph SIDNEY--Sidney's Red Raider Basketball teams opened their 2024-25 seasons with wins on Friday, December 6, 2024, then followed up their victories with two more wins on the road against Gering on Saturday afternoon. There are always questions about a team at the start of the season, and with the Lady Raiders' loss of many talented seniors from graduation, it was going to be interesting to see how the 2024 version of the powerhouse basketball team would fare in...
MIKE MOTZ Sidney Sun-Telegraph SIDNEY--The Sidney Red Raider Boys and Girls Wrestling teams had a strong start to the 2024-25 campaign under new Head Coach Cory McManigal. The Raiders look to continue their tradition of success on the mat, and with standout performances by veterans and eager young wrestlers joining the team, Sidney looks poised for a competitive and successful season. The season started at the Chadron Girls Invite on December 5, 2024, with the girls' squad delivering some...
MIKE MOTZ Sidney Sun-Telegraph CHAPPELL--The Creek Valley Storm Basketball teams opened their 2024-25 seasons over the weekend with road contests against Wauneta-Palisade on Friday, December 6, 2024, and a pair of home games against Dundy County-Stratton Saturday afternoon. The girls did not fare well in Friday’s matchup against the Lady Broncos, falling behind early and unable to gain offensive momentum to rally on the road. The Lady Broncos pulled away for a 60-to-12 win. Creek Valley s...
